He is also a recognised leader in the area of commercial litigation, with nearly 40 years of experience in dealing with commercial disputes and insolvency administrations.

Pieter joined TurksLegal in 1981 and was previously the head of our Commercial Disputes & Transactions Group. Alongside his role as our firm’s Managing Partner, Pieter continues to work closely with our Commercial Disputes & Transactions lawyers sharing his extensive experience in this area.

Pieter’s corporate clients have spanned a number of sectors including banking and finance, manufacturing and construction. His expertise in insolvency law is reflected in the fact that he has represented several leading insolvency practitioners.

Pieter has been involved in a number of leading cases spanning many years and a diverse range of topics. Examples of the breadth of Pieter’s practice include:

Representing creditors and insolvency practitioners in numerous insolvency administrations, covering a wide range of litigation and transactional work, including in 2015 & 2016 running a suite of unfair preference actions resulting from the collapse of Retail Adventures.

Acting as lead lawyer on the negotiation and first ever sale of a jointly regulated Health Fund (and acting in related Federal Court proceedings to secure the establishment of the requisite scheme).

Representing major employers in advising them on issues concerning workers compensation premium calculation, including advising on this aspect in several important mergers.

Pieter was admitted as a solicitor in 1979. He qualified as mediator in 1994 having completed the LEADR course. Since 1998 he has been accredited with the NSW Law Society as a specialist in commercial litigation. He has also been an examiner for the Commercial Litigation Law section of the NSW Law Society’s Specialist Accreditation Board. For several years, Pieter served on the Law Society’s Litigation Law and Practice Committee. Pieter is also a graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors diploma program (1997) and is a Fellow of the Institute.